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Topic: Pneumonia (Read 3936 times)

I've just spent Monday afternoon through this afternoon with pneumonia. Breathing treatments ever four hours and IV's every four hours after that. More meds on top of the 10 I'm also on. It was intents.

This has been my second time going to emergency and did not know I would be locked away for 4 days. The hospital had an open computer to send messages out, I did, there were no responses from work.

Two nurses looked on my Dog and Cat.

Glad to be home with the animals. People who looked in on my Dog and Cat (nurses in the hospital) helped me to cope with no having friends to do that job. I know it's my fault that I do not feel that I have any one who I can ask for help in the gay community.

Take good care off yourself, Glad your home with the pets, kind nurse,s to look in . The one benefit for me was it made me give up smoking ,pneumonia that is.Though at this present moment I could kill for a ciggy.Ifo keep us posted on your recoverylovetheyer

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"If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people ." Tony Benn

I was in bed for 3 months with PCP...that was when I learned HOW MUCH OXYGEN OUR BODIES REALLY NEED JUST TO SIT UP IN BED!!! As soon as I was better, I started jogging again and relishing the feel of being able to take deep breaths again!! I WILL NEVER TAKE MY LUNGS FOR GRANTED AGAIN! Im glad you are better...pneumonia sucks!

Larry, good to hear your home, and your pets are Ok. Those nurses were very kind. There are many people like that in this world, we are blessed when they fall into our lives. Pneumonia certainly can drain you of energy, mentally and physically. No doubt when you got help, it felt good to give in, and let the doctors take charge.